Oracle-L: RE: Simple favor from the guru's

From: John Weatherman <john.weatherman_at_replacements.com>
Date: Fri, 16 Aug 2002 08:23:39 -0800
Message-ID: <F001.004B7CBA.20020816082339@fatcity.com>

Immediately after the definition of a database above is the heading Other Key File Structures, beneath this heading it says

The oracle server also uses other files that are NOT part of the database:
- The parameter file that defines the characteristics of an
Oracle Instance For example it contains parameters that size some of the memory structures of the SGA.
- The password file that authenticates users privileged to

startup and shutdown an oracle instance (remotely)
- Archived Redo log files are offline copies of the redo log
files that may be necessary to recover from media failures.

Just as an aside, it was mentioned in the New Features class that the spfile is/is becoming a database file. I'm not really clear on what exactly it is considered to be now. Maybe someone else can illuminate.

PAX, John P Weatherman
Database Administrator
Replacements Ltd.

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